Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. New York City Transit Authority.
2. New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad.
3. Walter Kidde and Company.

Description

1. 3 linear feet (4 boxes, 3 v.)

Summary

1. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, designs and plans, and scrapbooks of photographs documenting Norton's efforts toward the adoption of monorails for San Francisco and New York City.

Subject

1. Norton, Henry Kittredge, 1884-1965
2. Businessmen
3. Photographic prints
4. Maps
5. Drawings
6. Blueprints
7. Transportation > California > San Francisco Bay Area
8. Transportation > New York (State) > New York
9. Railroads > United States
10. Monorail railroads > United States

Genre/Form

1. Blueprints.
2. Drawings.
3. Maps.
4. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MssCol 2263

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Norton, Margaret

Biography (note)

1. Henry Kittredge Norton (1884-1965) was an American educator, journalist, author, and businessman.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Norton, Henry Kittredge, 1884-1965.

Title

1. Henry K. Norton papers, 1947-1955.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Henry Kittredge Norton (1884-1965) was an American educator, journalist, author, and businessman. He was an advocate of aerial transit as a method of urban mass transportation. His positions included trustee and president of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad, director of Walter Kidde & Co., and member of the New York City Transit Authority.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Businessmen.

Added author

1. New York City Transit Authority.
2. New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad.
3. Walter Kidde and Company.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2263